he has been involved as has craig fugate at fema. they have been involved here at our operations center right from the beginning, so, right now, i have nothing but praise for the way the administration has handled that. and coordinated with us at the state level. >> shepard: it's been on or obsd repeatedly that you have clearly put politics aside in this matter. i wonder if that's something for us all to think about. talking about people and children and lives to put that mess away. >> shep, listen, i wouldn't stand for anything else. i mean, we're talking about the livelihood of the people of my state. this is the oath i took. and i quite frankly don't care about the election at this moment. i have got lives to protect and rebuild in my state. and if the president of the united states does a good job, i will praise him. and if he does a bad job, i will criticize him. but he has done a good job in the last few days for new jersey. so he he deserves and has earned my praise and he will get it regardless of what the calendar says becau